Robb,
Congratulations on your bounty. I’m glad the early season rust didn’t spoil your harvest.
My celebrities started blushing pink over the weekend, so that’s one culinary bummer off my list.
Another song by one of Houston’s own got stuck in my head when I saw dozens of inch-long jalapeños poking out of my pepper plants’ foliage. Pico de Gallo is Trout Fishing in America’s celebration of garden-fresh salsa. Here’s the chorus:

Pico de gallo, you oughta give it a try-o;Even if you’re from Ohio, it’ll get you by-o;don’t get it in your eye-o unless you want to cry-o;So come on, don’t be shy-o, eat some pico de gallo!

It’s got jalapeños, I reckon y’all have seen those;They’re kinda hot for gringos and probably flamingos;Just add some tomatillos, onions and cilantro;Lime juice and tomato, you got pico de gallo!

To keep ALL birds and most squirrels out of your tomato garden just buy one of those “bird blocker” mesh nets they sell at Home Depot of Lowes. Each one is about 3×10 feet so buy enough to cover all your plant at least to about 2 feet off the ground. Once the tomatoes begin to ripen even a little drape the net over the tops of the plants. Then just pull apart small sections when the plant wants to grow higher. No bird or squirrel problems at all this year and there are LOTS of squirrel, blue jays and mockingbirds around my yard in West Austin.

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